GHOULISH guests at a boarding school bash queued up to see a collection of historical body parts – including a section of King James VII’s bowel.

The mummified body part belonging to the monarch – who was also James II of England – was on show in Pinkie House, at Loretto School, Edinburgh, as part of celebrations for the anniversary of the Battle of Prestonpans.

The bowel was one of a number of rare artifacts from the 17th and 18th centuries put on display in the building as it turned 400.

Other previously unseen relics from the Stuart dynasty were also on display at the house, among them a piece of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s tartan, his miniature, a lock of his hair and King James’s snuff horn.